Job Description

We are excited to partner with our client, as they have a full-time opening for a Production Manager in Austell, GA. Seeking a candidate who is bilingual, speaking Spanish and English fluently. This position is a full-time role, offering a competitive salary and benefits. Please see a detailed job description below. Apply today if you’re interested.

Job Summary:

The Production Manager oversees Lean Manufacturing and 5S, improves operations, and promotes a safe working environment, while managing personnel, policies, and procedures.

• Job Tasks and Responsibilities:
• Provide oversight of production supervisors, leads, and staff in the Warehouse in Austell GA.
• Give production leads daily and weekly priorities (beginning of each shift)
• Provide guidance to production leads and supervisors on new products, safety and quality
• Perform production assessment walks every 2 hours during the day
• Act as lead for the facility in the absence of Dir of Operations/Manufacturing
• Lead and support disciplinary actions, when necessary

• Maintain Schedule, Resource, and Capacity Plan. Allocate resources for daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules, to include job creation as needed, as provided by Demand Planner
• Ensure timely scheduling and resource assignment for on-time delivery
• Communicate late delivery of finished goods to proper stakeholders
• Achieve company established KPIs Manage production schedule to achieve 100% fulfillment of customer orders.
• Review root cause of job inefficiencies and solve to improve.
• Lead team to achieve targeted KPIs for production: Labor cost/unit, labor efficiencies, and targeted sales/labor dollars.
• Oversee 5S and Safety Standards Maintain adherence to 5S on the facility (daily and weekly Productivity Review walks)
• Maintain safety standards within the facility and enforce adherence to them (observe during production assessment walks)
• Notify Dir of Operations/Manufacturing when maintenance is needed on the facility.
• Ensure employees are using facilities and equipment properly.
• Drive continuous improvement (daily)
• Walkthrough/Gemba the production floor minimum every two hours
• Present continuous improvement ideas to Director of Manufacturing
• Conduct Startup Meeting - Review last day’s performance, confirm materials are staged and assign production jobs and output targets
• Accountable for Site Review - Confirm today’s fillable orders given review meetings and close out and share updates on outstanding actions
• Responsible for Daily Team Huddle - Close completed production jobs, finalize tomorrow’s production schedule and inform CSRs and Site Buyers of any orders delayed and why
• Responsible for Productivity Review - 5S Floor Walkthrough, Assess performance gaps and brainstorm improvements elevating them to production scheduling meeting

Proactively establishes and maintains effective working team relationships with support departments, and between management and all team levels.

Maintains a high level of customer and vendor relationship skills, problem solving skills, and a strong work ethic to maintain competitive positioning and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.

Be the dept leader for Quality, Lean/CI and Safety.

Job Specifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent 10+ years’ experience in supervision/management of personnel in a production environment
• Advanced performance in Microsoft Office, with exceptional excel skills.
• Advanced skills with Inventory / Quality Control business practices.
• Operation / Equipment – Certification / Forklift – Valid CDL-B License
• Safety leadership experience preferred
• Mechanical aptitude preferred

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